Readability for iOS Review — The official Readability app for iOS, available today on the App Store, had a complicated history with Apple and its approval process. Since Readability relaunched last year with an ambitious focus on publishers and “read anywhere”, the service struggled …

Can News.me become the Instagram for news? — We've written before about the overwhelming tsunami of content that digital media represents, especially the firehose that comes from Twitter and Facebook, and how this makes it even more imperative that users have some kind of filter or curation system.

Keeping Google From Watching Your Searches — Worried about Google collecting data about your online searches? — An online privacy start-up called Abine is rolling out a tool Thursday that promises to help people keep their search information secret. The tool, called Protected Search …

EU agencies say Google breaking data laws: commissioner — (Reuters) - EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said on Thursday that data protection agencies in countries across the European Union had come to the conclusion that Google's new privacy policy was in breach of EU law.

Square Gets Approved for New York City Taxicab Pilot — The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has approved a proposal to deploy Square payments technology in 30 taxicabs as part of a test phase. VeriFone Systems Inc. and Creative Mobile Technologies LLC currently hold contracts …

Google Grows in New York City — Google Inc. has dramatically expanded its presence in Manhattan in the past year, adding roughly 750 people to its outpost in 2011 in the most prominent example of a technology company shifting its focus toward New York. — After acquiring four New York companies …

Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos — It's not just Apple. Photos are vulnerable on Android phones too. — As Bits reported earlier this week, developers who make applications for Apple iOS devices have access to a person's entire photo library, as long as that person allows the app to use location data.

Kim Dotcom's first TV interview: 'I'm no piracy king' … Campbell Live has spoken exclusively with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom in his first TV interview since being arrested. — Dotcom faces a barrage of FBI charges relating to the operation of his file sharing company Megaupload.

Microsoft's Windows 8 Preview event videos now available — Still not satisfied after our minute by minute liveblog of Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview event this morning from Barcelona and detailed hands-on impressions? Video of the entire presentation, along with a few demo trailers …

The Credit Card Is The New App Platform — This is a guest post written by Reid Hoffman, Ali Rosenthal and James Slavet from Greylock Partners. — Credit and debit cards are ubiquitous, but they're mostly pretty dumb. That's about to change. Over 170 million people in the U.S. have credit cards …

New bookmarklet with multi-page article saving — The Instapaper “Read Later” bookmarklet is now redesigned as a faster, more compatible full-page overlay that's easier to see. — The previous little “Saved!” frame had a great run, but its time has passed.